So, the really question is: will my FreeBSD router have to have a backdoor? And the better question is: how would you regulate open source software?
Besides this "backdoor" might be a good thing. Hackers would divise ways to use it maliciously as well as develop fixes to close the backdoors. I wouldn't worry too much, the Feds rarly have it together when it comes to technology such as this.
So a theory is not something that is accepted without being tested over and over again to see if what the theory says is really true and accuratly predicts "natural phenomena."
The folks that wish ID would be taught in the classroom clame the theory of evolution is no more than an unsubstatiated guess as to where life originated. Theories may have parts of them that are "wrong" but that does not justify dismissing the theory altogether. If there is something is discovered that is not consistent with a theory it should be looked at. Then an explanation can be formed as to why an event occured. This scientific process allows the theory to be redefined to explain the observations of an experiment.
Enough of that rant now...we'll do a 180.
Let's grant the ID folks that a designer did truly create man. (On a side note it wouldn't be out of the question for somebody (the designer) to have spread DNA accross the universe and take root to evolve into humans. Evolution does not answer the question of did life start on earth because of a comet hitting the surface and this comet had DNA in it or did aliens sprinkle some DNA and just let the experiment continue for the last few billion years.) We know that this designer is a physical being, because supernatural is scientifically imposible and improbable. So the Itelligent Designer is a space alien from somewhere else...or they may be long dead and to preserve their race they shot a bunch of DNA out into the galaxy.
Well for one, I remove spyware as a side job. I have noticed something about the "average" internet user. They would click on popups whether they used windows, linux, or os x. The reason windows is more prone to spyware, is because people who are "digitally inept", choose that microsoft product. Now, if people really move to os x, I am sure there will be the same problems in some shape or form. They will not go away. So, all the folks that are "digitally inept" go ahead and switch to os x...you still won't understand the concept of a CDROM drive.
Well, if all of the smarty pants at the various Institutes of Technology have time to leave their books and pull some pranks, they should have enough time to do something a little more creative like invent a cure for cancer or make a better transistor like the folks at University of Illinois, or an operating system like a poor Finish boy, or drop out and start a software company like the richest man in the world, or just stop being snobbish dorks and go _____________ (Fill in the blank with your own obnoxious saying). And that completes the longest run-on sentence.
It seems to me this article ignores the fact that computers can really be used as a tool. And if teachers use them to enhance the material they present they [the students] will perform highly.
The article says, "the more pupils used computers, the worse they performed, said Thomas Fuchs and Ludger Wossmann of Munich University." I believe if you look at the amount of time students spend watching TV instead of hitting the books you will see a similiar trend. For individuals to pass off computer use as the dumbing down of society is absolutly absurd.
A high school class in computer programming or drafting (using CAD tools) would be impossible without a computer. But students who elect to take these classes are probably the achievers to begin with.
If you were to sit down a kid in front of a TV with an Xbox and tell him/her not to do his homework, of course he/she is not going to do well in school.
The angle this article took is insulting. A computer is a tool as well as an entertainment platform. This article infers that the two are one in the same.
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This was a pretty cool article. Even though the routers built out of computers are pretty common.
http://www.langamereviews.com/content/view/144/2/
So, the really question is: will my FreeBSD router have to have a backdoor? And the better question is: how would you regulate open source software?
Besides this "backdoor" might be a good thing. Hackers would divise ways to use it maliciously as well as develop fixes to close the backdoors. I wouldn't worry too much, the Feds rarly have it together when it comes to technology such as this.
This should be fun...first we will start with definitions:
theory - A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena.
(The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.)
So a theory is not something that is accepted without being tested over and over again to see if what the theory says is really true and accuratly predicts "natural phenomena."
The folks that wish ID would be taught in the classroom clame the theory of evolution is no more than an unsubstatiated guess as to where life originated. Theories may have parts of them that are "wrong" but that does not justify dismissing the theory altogether. If there is something is discovered that is not consistent with a theory it should be looked at. Then an explanation can be formed as to why an event occured. This scientific process allows the theory to be redefined to explain the observations of an experiment.
Enough of that rant now...we'll do a 180.
Let's grant the ID folks that a designer did truly create man. (On a side note it wouldn't be out of the question for somebody (the designer) to have spread DNA accross the universe and take root to evolve into humans. Evolution does not answer the question of did life start on earth because of a comet hitting the surface and this comet had DNA in it or did aliens sprinkle some DNA and just let the experiment continue for the last few billion years.) We know that this designer is a physical being, because supernatural is scientifically imposible and improbable. So the Itelligent Designer is a space alien from somewhere else...or they may be long dead and to preserve their race they shot a bunch of DNA out into the galaxy.
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Usenet is always reputiable.
What part of MAC OS X is the best don't you understand. It is so great never crashes...except for that Tiger 10.4.1 update...So ya.
Well for one, I remove spyware as a side job. I have noticed something about the "average" internet user. They would click on popups whether they used windows, linux, or os x. The reason windows is more prone to spyware, is because people who are "digitally inept", choose that microsoft product. Now, if people really move to os x, I am sure there will be the same problems in some shape or form. They will not go away. So, all the folks that are "digitally inept" go ahead and switch to os x...you still won't understand the concept of a CDROM drive.
Well, if all of the smarty pants at the various Institutes of Technology have time to leave their books and pull some pranks, they should have enough time to do something a little more creative like invent a cure for cancer or make a better transistor like the folks at University of Illinois, or an operating system like a poor Finish boy, or drop out and start a software company like the richest man in the world, or just stop being snobbish dorks and go _____________ (Fill in the blank with your own obnoxious saying). And that completes the longest run-on sentence.
It seems to me this article ignores the fact that computers can really be used as a tool. And if teachers use them to enhance the material they present they [the students] will perform highly. The article says, "the more pupils used computers, the worse they performed, said Thomas Fuchs and Ludger Wossmann of Munich University." I believe if you look at the amount of time students spend watching TV instead of hitting the books you will see a similiar trend. For individuals to pass off computer use as the dumbing down of society is absolutly absurd. A high school class in computer programming or drafting (using CAD tools) would be impossible without a computer. But students who elect to take these classes are probably the achievers to begin with. If you were to sit down a kid in front of a TV with an Xbox and tell him/her not to do his homework, of course he/she is not going to do well in school. The angle this article took is insulting. A computer is a tool as well as an entertainment platform. This article infers that the two are one in the same.